Why does leaving a bag of potato chips open for a long amount of time cause them to get stale and taste bad?
2007-06-26 14:38:26 · 11 answers · asked by Revenant 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
the oil in the chips oxidizes from the air and becomes rancid, and the salt attracts moisture, which makes them go soggy.
2007-06-26 20:49:38 · answer #1 · answered by moehawk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Opening the bag lets air travel into the bag. Air carries moisture and moisture makes the chip soggy, end result the chip is now stale.
2007-06-26 21:50:02 · answer #2 · answered by somin_sweet 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Air
2007-06-26 21:45:53 · answer #3 · answered by ShouldBeWorking 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are packaged with dry air, which has extra nitrogen in it. That keeps the product fresh and crisp until the bag is opened.
2007-06-26 21:48:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
air gets in the bag
2007-06-26 21:41:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moisture gets in and turns your chips into crap.
2007-06-26 21:50:29 · answer #6 · answered by Lauren N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
air makes any non-preservative food go bad
2007-06-26 22:34:20 · answer #7 · answered by Lisa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
common sense tells me that goes for about every kind of food what do you think?
2007-06-26 21:41:49 · answer #8 · answered by vanessa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becuase its disguisting weirdo
2007-06-26 22:01:19 · answer #9 · answered by nicobokx11 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
air and moisture
2007-06-26 21:55:27 · answer #10 · answered by pjay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋